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OUT AND SHOE jLASTING TOOL.

Patented 001;. 27, 1885.

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BOOT AND S OH LASTING TOOL.

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BEST AVAlLABL'E cor" specification, in explaining its nature.

The invention is especially adapted for use in connection with myheel-lasting device described in my application of even date here-'with; and it comprises a combined hammer or r 5 tool for folding overand pressing down the edge of the upper,and a fastening driving device.In the said application, and another application of even date herewithfor theprocess of lasting the-heels of boots and shoes, I have shown anddescribed a method of lasting the heels of boots or shoes, whichconsists in clamping the portion of the upper about the heel of a lastfirmly to the sides of the last, and in such a manner that when 2pressure is applied from above the projecting or upward, extending edgeof the upper, and the parts associated therewith'namely, the lining andstiffening or counterare caused to be folded or turned down upon theinsole in such a way as to make a perfect corner or edge upon the lineof the fold, and so that in the act of turning down or folding themargin of the upper is pressed inward from the edge of the insole by adirect downward move- This is caused by extending the abutment whichholds the upper to the side of the last upward above the insole, so thatwhen the upper is folded down it cannot move outward from the last orinsole, the abutment prevent- 0 ing it from so doing.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved tool. Fig.2 is a view part in side elevation and part in the vertical sectionthereof. Fig. 3 is a vertical central sec- 4 5 tion illustrating amodified form of the device.

Fig. 4 1s a horizontal section upon the line a: or? Fig. 5 isahorizontal section upon" the lineyg; of Fig. 3, and Fig. 6 is a planview of Fig. 3.

of the working-surface of the tool inverted.

A represents the stock of the machine. It

has a hole, a, extending through it for there ception of the driver baror rod a,which holds or supports the Patented Oct. 27,1885.

driver a The extent of. the movement of this rod is limited by the slota and the pin a. A spring, (1. which extends into the recess a in theupper end of the stock and bears against the lower edge, c of the knob0. upon the end of the'drivenbar a,serves to withdraw the driver afterthe fastening has been driven. The stock has at itslower end a recess,a", having a screw-thread, a nvhich receives the upper end, a, of thenozzle a. This nozzle has a hole, a, in which the driver isreciprocated,'and the lower end or surface, a, of the tool is made flatand of considerable size, as represented in Fig. 6, so as to form aworking-surface of sufficient extent to bear upon the margin of theupper and fold itover in large or comparatively large sections. I preferto provide the forward edge of this surface with the roughened or thecorrugated section a, in order that the edge or margin of the upperfolded or turned over may be held thereby in position, and so that itshall not draw back during the driving of the fastening.

It is the intention in using the tool to apply the lower surfaceadjacent to the corner (1, to the upper adjacent the abutment, and thenturn thet'o'ol' froni that point so that its working-surface shall begradually brought into line parallel with the insole, and to then strikethe tool a blow with a mallet or hammer,whereby the upper is fg ged dpwnwith considerable presshrrefan'd'fiien to immediately drive thefastening while it is under the in flueuce of the pressure obtained bythe blow.

In order that this blow may be delivered and the pressure obtained, Ihave provided the stock with the projection 13, upon the upper surface,b, of which the blow of the hammer is given. Of course thisstrikingsurface may bear any other position in rela tion to the stockthan that shown.

The fastening driving device which I have shown employs, to hold thefastening, the ma netized drivingbar, which holds the fast- ;enlng toits under or CiIIVID" surface byits hea roug 1 s agne 1c attract-ion,anm load the device the driver is moved down by the driver-rod until itssurface is flush with the surface a, or very nearly flush, and the tackplaced thereon; but I do not confine myself to this form of feeding thetacks to the driving mechanism. I may use in lieu thereof little closerto the edge of the insole.

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- Woodard, Matthias Brock, and myself, which are especially adapted forfeeding and driving tacks from tack-strips.

In Figs. 3, 4, and 5 I have shown a modified form of construction, inwhich the striker, while forming a part of the combined tool, isindependently movable in the stock. In this modification "the stock Ahas the hole 0 formed therein, through which the arm or portion 0 of thestock extends, and the striker is held when not in use removed or abovethe lower surface,c',of the nozzle by means of the spring 0*,which isheld in a hole, a, in the stock, and bears against the shoulder e of thearm B.

This construct-ion enables me to use the fast ening driving device todrive the fastening a It also enables me to strike a blow of more forceor effect than if the striker were placed upon the work before the blowwasdelivered.

In operation the tool is held in one hand and operated as abovedescribed, and the mallet BEST AVAILABLE COP or hammer in the other; andthe mallet is used 25 not only for delivering the blow for obtaining.the pressure upon the upper above described,

but also for striking the head of the driverbar.

Having thus fully described my invention, 1 0 claim and desire to secureby Letters Patent of the United States 1. A lasting-tool havingafastening driving, device, a working-surface of the character described,and the pressure or impulse receiving 35 surface b, all substantially asand for the purposes described.

2. A taekdriver consisting 'of the tube or cylinder provided with asuitable nose at its lower end, and containing a nail driver or 0plunger, in combination with the l te lLi naflw pulse-receiving deviceconnected therewith, substantiallyas described, and for the purposes sctforth.

GEO. W. COPELAND. \Vitnesses:

F. F. RAYMOND, 26, J. M. DOLAN.

